Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-06-28
THE BARRIERS FEES.

MEN WHO PAY THE ToNSoRIAL AZ
TIST WELL FOR HIS SERVICES.
/ Chat With Barber About the Hair
| Cutting aud Beard Trimming Busi-
nest different style. of Dressing Hair
| and Heard.
| L. is said that John c. Anderson pays $50 a
week To his iavorite barber. This tonsorial
! artist, who il a New Yorker, and Whose
| name, IL appears. j. not known TO any Of the
| knights Of the brush and razor i'll this city,
| has attended to the elimination Of Mr.. Ander-
| sons facial hfsute for many Years, and now
makes three visits each week 10 the Savin
| Rock residence of the munifcent millionaire.
each visit netting him SO. Although there
| are a few men in this city whose wealth
| nearly reaches the seven figure point, an in
| vestigatIon discloses the fact that, while they
| each have a favurite barber, they do not pay
! such a princely fee.
4 reporter dropped into chair IN a barber
! shop situated in the business portion Of the
! city last evening, for the purpose OF obtain
! ing a shave, luxury which he indulgeS IN
annually. The loquacIy of BARRIERS Is pro
! verbal, and iii answer TO numerous questions
propounded by the scribe, the barber said:
Il have no doubt but that John c. Ander-
son does pay 80 shave, and am sorry that
! | am not the barber who has the good for
tune to be pstronized by him Such sums as
| he paws are not the general rule, although !
! have in my sixteen years career received fees
nearly as large, but did no: receive them
! - 4 ,,, N ha,
! shop that had as a customer . man named
| Hayes, who resided in Brooklyn, but at that
time had the contract Of building some sewers
in this city.
One morning a messenger came 10 the
shop and asked FOR u barber 10 go to MIR.
Hayes room in the New Haven house to
shave. cut his hair and shampoo him
gathered my utenSil, and started, after being
told 10y my employer to get 81 for my work
l worked on HIM for nearly an hour and Il
half and when had finished he gave me n
$40 bill. with instructions To keep the change
That was the largest fee | ever obtained
Several wears ago While running the shop in
the Sterling house. Bridgeport, had several
good paving customers, among whom wa
u gentleman who spent most of his time u
New York, and w'N.,d only visit me aboE
three times every month He paid every
month and would nevcry give less than Sic
for t9ree shaves and would often pay aI
much as So With a few customers like thst
barber could retire from business in a short
time.
FEES AND CUSTOMERS.
"The largest fees that have received in
this city Of late have been fifty and seventy
five cents. and those We're received from men
who take n special pride in having their hair
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whom are busi,sss m.p
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sry o,b,., L,rls,. 10 o; -, ,len, ,.i, c,,, ana
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,ooptbs untiI m, had a chance % yis;, mn. and
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4 barber sbon ;s Vr.., school for amy
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uuaintad with bpmap nature Som. ,f NV
customers s,, x,a,.,, L.,I ,, ,,I..., .n5 so,n.
have cnrious ,aass in ,,.c.rd 10 tb. r,ar,sr
in which they wisr- 70 he shaved ON. of my |
customers dos mo, consider b;msalf ciaan |
cb,vaj unlass ha,,s ,,,,, ,,,,.,, h,s e.. III
q razor shor, 81, IT, a,n,har n,. El.s
n h.. Sbars3 in ,,aao. .,,, III A. - .;
towering passion il , word i addressed to |
him from tho time ha su,ars the Sbon Rur
the majority if they have any t,iling, con-
cesl them
There has of late ,sa,, , .,,s., cb,rs. Il, |
the ST Vie of shaving fsx y.srx.,o II xss
the rule 70 lstbsr a n.,,son ,wics and civ. g |
very close shave. now only ono l.,har ia nm, |
on and We do M, sbsya 80 ,I,s.ry Tbsra 4
good reason for this chspoa We no,iced
that shaving too cIossl,- c,rsAj rho bs.rd n,
grow coar>er and to stick ont ike the hair,
in A shoe b,ush. II also c,u.Aj il IN becnr,s
lighter colored SnII bav. many c,,to,p.
ers who ask for a very rlo-. shave and i'm
sgipe that il is a sood tb,,s, 70 nromo,a IN.
growth Of the heard
II cannot tell Won - ,on,;pued IN. ,o,sor,,i
artist, what the ,,uiclss, shaving time i
Quick shsves are called railroad sbavss nv
Us. have shaved n man in , ui,rts and q
half but az coursa I would no, c.TI !, . ysry
fine iob and b,ya c;rar h.;,. o,,, AZ, .t.r
in eight minutes Nv reppIsr tim. is aho,r
ten minutes for shaving and tvantv 70
twenty five minutes for a GOOD hair ,u, hp,
when in hurry | often increase INV sn..rd
and do AS good work in les time y
THE prFrrRrS, s1yIrs
The reporter soon after visited s,o,bs,
shop, the proprietor Of which was a, leisure
The conversation soon turned N the dif,er.,,
STYLES of dressing the hair and hs.rd
MANY persoris- said the tors,r;sl .r,;S,